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"Just Like Us"
Author Helen Thorpe gives an in-depth look at the Mexican immigrant subculture within the U.S. Thorpe follows four Mexican girls, best friends, as they grow up in Denver. Two are legal residents, and two are not. When political arguments "over immigration rage fiercely," the girls struggle with the fate of their futures as the two without legal status learn they "do not possess equal opportunities or rights compared to" the others who do "possess legal status."
Tags: illegal immigration; Mexico; Denver; black market; stolen identity; fake documents; green card; Mexican immigrants
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"Beyond the Verdict"
After a minivan struck a school bus causing a wreck that killed four children, Olga Franco was accused of driving the van, convicted and sentenced to prison. Franco, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, maintains her innocence and says her then-boyfriend was operating the vehicle; however, he was not found in the vehicle when authorities arrived to the scene. The KMSP team investigates her claims to determine if the wrong person is in prison for the terrible tragedy.
Tags: Cottonwood MN; Olga Franco; Shakopee; Francisco Mendoza; DNA; illegal immigration
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In Iowa Meat Plant, Kosher 'Jungle' Breeds Fear; Injury, Short Pay
Nathaniel Popper, reporting for the Forward (NY) investigated a Kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, where he uncovered dangerous working conditions, low pay, and anti-unionization pressures that raised questions about the ethics of the Jewish owners of the plant towards their largely immigrant workers.
Tags: Agriprocessors; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; slaughterhouse workers; Latin American immigrants; accidental amputations; Postville, Iowa; union "devils"; animal rights group; health and safety violations; Conservative Jewish synagogue movement; Kosher certification; Orthodox Judaism; immigration authorities; ethics; United Food and Commercial Workers; Father Floyd Paul Ouderkirk; Sholom Rubashkin; Caitlin Didier; Lubavitch Hasidim; Stephen Bloom; "Postville"; PETA; undocumented immigrants; Human Rights Watch; Rabbi Morris Allen; Rabbinical Council of America; Orthodox Union
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Australia's War Crimes Fiasco
The investigation revealed how Australia has become a safe-haven for suspected war criminals, including a relative and former bodyguard of Saddam Hussein. The authors exposed the government's systematic failure to prosecute or even investigate the crimes of more than 30 men, from different regions around the world.
Tags: immigration; refugee status; Australia; detention camps; war criminals; crimes against humanity; Department of Immigration; war
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Endgame: The Fugitive Chase
United States immigration authorities have lost track of nearly half a million people who ignore deportation orders and remain at large in the U.S. Endgame is the name of the federal plan to clear the nation by 2012 of every person that has been ordered deported.
Tags: immigration; illegal immigrants; deportation; Immigration and Enforcement officers; Immigration and Naturalization Services
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The Mafia of Illegal Immigration in England
The authors investigated the falsification of documents and the marriages of convenience organized by an international gang to allow Brazilians to stay and work in England.
Tags: mafia; Brazil; illegal immigration; England; false documents; international crime; marriages of convenience
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The Human Smuggler
The authors investigated an extensive human trafficking ring operating out of Denver.
Tags: Human smuggling; human trafficking; Denver; illegal immigration
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May I See Some Identification? The Real ID Act will change current New Mexico driver's license laws and could pose a serious threat to civil liberties
The author investigates the impact that the Real ID Act, which mandates a federal ID card system, could have on New Mexico. The author explores the ways that the new law could affect immigration, civil liberties, and states rights. The author focuses specifically on how the law will affect New Mexico's illegal immigrants, because the bill nullifies a current state law that allows illegal immigrants to legally receive a New Mexico driver's license.
Tags: ID; immigration; naturalization; Real ID Act. Driver's License
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Denison, Iowa: Searching for the Soul of American Through the Secrets of a Midwest Town
Denison, Iowa has a population of about 8,000, and one quarter of the population is Hispanic. The author lived in the town for one year, studying the culture and the society. As he lived there, he discovered and wrote about various aspects of racial relations.
Tags: race; rural America; small towns; city government; contractors; immigrants; construction
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The death of state inmate Ifeanyi A. Iko
"Ifeanyi A. Iko, a 51-year-old Nigerian immigrant, was found dead in his cell on April 30 at Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland, Maryland. The authorities have refused to disclose nearly any information about his death, citing an internal investigation and an ongoing review by the FBI. But two Sun reporters followed up on his death, interviewed inmate witnesses by phone and by correspondence, obtained copes of policies and procedures through information requests, and developed a comparison of how Iko should've been treated vs. how he was really treated by correctional officers."
Tags: prison; asphyxiation; jail; inmate abuse